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Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 12 GD/VG 3.0

Cover oxidation

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"The Vampire Vision," "Sold to Satan," "When Witches Walked," "Diary Doom," and "Spirit of Frankenstein." Edited by Richard E. Hughes. Cover by Ogden Whitney. Stories by Ken Bald, Edvard Moritz, Lin Streeter, John Celardo, and Charlie Sultan. Spine-chilling tales of suspense, horror, and the supernatural—prepare yourself for Adventures into the Unknown! 52 pages, full color. $0.10. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures Into the Unknown (1948 ACG) 14 GD/VG 3.0

Centerfold detached at one staple. Water damage.

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Cover art by Ogden Whitney. Land of the Zombies, art by Edvard Moritz. The Haunted Morgue, art by Emil Gershwin. Double Doom, art by Charlie Sultan. The Face In the Moonstone, pencils by Charlie Sultan; Scientist Van and his fiancee Lorna travel to an old abbey in France on a scientific expedition, where they encounter Lilith, the ancient Queen of Darkness. The Werewolf Strikes, script by Charles Spain Verral, art by Bill Ely. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Adventures of Bob Hope (1950) 3 GD+ 2.5

Cover detached at one staple.

Photograph cover of Bob Hope. A Very Merry Mix-up!; Bob and Mrs. Peabody get involved in a bathing beauty contest at the beach. Wheaties ad with Phil Rizzuto. Video Laffs humor page by Harry Lampert. It Happens in Hollywood text article. A Salute to the Boy Scouts of America! with Superman, Batman, and Robin. 52 pgs. Cover price $0.10.

Amazing Adventures (1950 Ziff Davis) 1 GD 2.0

Cover oxidation with chipping. Tape on interior cover.

Painted cover by Robert Gibson Jones. Stories and art by Wally Wood, Murphy Anderson, Ogden Whitney, Alex Schomburg, Jerry Siegel and Harry Sahle. Sci-fi and fantasy from Ziff-Davis, edited by the legendary co-creator of Superman, Jerry Siegel. Fortune-hunters return to the lost city of the Winged People to steal the diamond eye of their idol, in a story with art by comics legend Wally Wood. Vince breaks up with his Martian girlfriend Kit-E and goes to find the legendary Asteroid Witch, in a story with art by comics legend Murphy Anderson. Professors Graves and Arnold's serum accidentally transports them into the 4th dimension, and they must enter the timestream to escape, in a story with art by Golden Age legend Alex Schomburg. Plus the one-pager "Amazing Prophecies" by Ogden Whitney. ("Which nation will own the moon?") Painted cover by famed science fiction illustrator Robert Gibson Jones (Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories). The Asteroid Witch; A-Day; Winged Death on Venus; Trespasser in Time; The Stone Men; Amazing Facts from Nature; Cosmic Comics; Amazing Prophecies. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Archie (1943 Archie Comics) 42 GD 2.0

Cover oxidation. Water damage.

Cover by Bob Montana. Stories by unknown. Art by Ray Gill, Sam Schwartz and unknown. Featuring Archie in: "The Good Rumor Man"; "Ignorance Is Bliss"; "Fortune's Folly"; "Through the Looking Glass"; and "The Handwriting On the Wall"! Plus: Jughead in "Cupid's Boy"! Also: 2-page text piece "Hollywood Tattle Tales"! Full color. Cover price $0.10.

Bobby Benson's B-Bar-B Riders (1950 ME/AC) 1 FR/GD 1.5

1" Spine split from top.

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Stories by Gardner Fox and others. Art by Bob Powell. Edited by Raymond C. Krank. Cover by Bob Powell. Teen cowboy adventures set in the 1950s, based on the popular radio program that ran from 1949 to 1955. Bobby and his friends Tex, Windy, and Irish face modern-day rustlers and other challenges of life on the ranch. Hornswogglers try to swindle the B-Bar-B ranch out of its water rights and payroll; Windy Wales experiments with rockets; Bank robbers encounter the masked alter ego of Bobby Benson, the Lemonade Kid. Trail of the Rocket; Roundup Racketeer; Lightning Trap; The Running of Redmane; Crooks in Cactus. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Buccaneers (1950 Quality) 22 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. Multiple pieces missing, interrupts art and story.

Stories by unknown. Art by Reed Crandall and unknown. Lady Dolores is captured by the pirate Captain Snuff, but Captain Daring sails to her rescue in "Pirates Beware!" also starring Sir Mark Drayton, Lord Virells and Patch. Plus: Black Roger's victories against the Barbary Pirates earn the hero the praise of the English authorities in an untitled story also starring Barty and Hourma. Also featuring untitled tales of The Spanish Main and Eric Falcon, Soldier of Fortune. And: Captain Daring in 1-page text story "The Sunrise Gun"! 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Candy (1947 Quality) 13 GD+ 2.5

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Cover by Harry Sahle. Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Candy stars in three untitled stories. Plus: Jitters in an untitled story co-starring Bugs, Marylin King, Rita King, Jitters' sister and Bugs' dad. Also: 1-page text story "Swing Ding" starring Gingy Baker, Art, Lucia Arkins and Billy Woodrow. 32 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Classics Illustrated 057 The Song of Hiawatha (1949) 5 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Trimmed

RESTORATION. Trimmed.

The Song of Hiawatha, 5th Printing, Painted Cover. (HRN 134). Cover price $0.15.

Criminals on the Run (1948) 10 PR 0.5

Full length spine split. Centerfold and 2 additional wraps detached at one staple. Water damage.

Cover by L. B. Cole. Stories and art by Nina Albright and Al McWilliams. Sometimes listed as Criminals on the Run Vol. 05 #3. Bespectacled, eccentric detective "King" Cole Jr. takes over his father's detective agency. Young King Cole investigates the arsonist who is causing forest fires. Sergeant Spook and Jerry try to prove that a corrupt mayor is swindling the city over a playground for impoverished kids. A reprint of the first adventure of goatee'd criminologist Doctor Doom (no relation to Victor), as he and his students investigate deadly accidents at a skyscraper. Final issue under this title; series continues as Crime-Fighting Detective (1950) #11. Young King Cole; Criminal Lawyer's Medicine; Sergeant Spook; Dr. Doom. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

Four Color (1942-1962 Dell 2nd Series) 262 GD/VG 3.0 (R)

Restored (see item notes)

RESTORATION. Tear seal.

Indicia title is "RAGGEDY ANN AND ANDY, No. 262." Vitamin Water; Mr. Diggs has the Raggedys mix some vitamins in a pool of water, creating "vitamin water" that causes plants to grow and makes people energetic. The Cloudburst; The Raggedys prevent Grinny Bear and Snoopwiggy from taking Sunny Bunny's kite; To get revenge, the villains start a fire that threatens the Raggedys' doll house home. The Bow and Arrow Hunters; The Snoopwiggy and Grinny Bear are shooting arrows at everyone in the forest. The Raggedy Snake in Loonie Land; When Bertram Bear threatens to ruin the Raggedys' picnic with Mummy and Sunny Bunny, the Raggedys make a fake snakeskin to scare him away. The Pumpkin Patch Pies; Mr. and Mrs. Meadow-Mole are living in a pumpkin in Mr. Digg's pumpkin patch and are selling pumpkin pies. 52 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Hedy of Hollywood Comics (1950 Marvel) 37 GD 2.0

2" Spine split. Cover oxidation.

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Stories by unknown. Art by unknown. Hedy De Vine stars in: "Sandra Wins Out!"; "The Lady Loses Her Temper!"; "The Missing Guest Star!"; and "Mind Over Matter!" Also in this issue: 2-page text story "Romance Is a Comedy"; Gabby in "A Matter of Timing!"; and Trumpetski the Great in "Trumpy's Casting Problem!" 48 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Life Story (1949) 17 GD+ 2.5

Cover loose at one staple. Oxidation.

Romance comics from Fawcett with tales of love, betrayal, heartache and reconciliation. Judith's marital bliss is spoiled by the knowledge that her husband Ned used to date Agnes, and she suspects he's not really over her. When Jim and Ellen's farm fails, it may spell the end of their marriage as well. Wowed by Don's fame as a star quarterback, Sheila marries him, but when his career is over, her love fades as well. Love on the Rebound; Heart of Despair; On Wings of Love; Until Death Do Us Part. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.

My Friend Irma (1950 Marvel) 4 PR 0.5

INCOMPLETE. 2 Center wraps missing, interrupts art and story.

52 pages. Cover price $0.10.

Out of This World Adventures (1950 Avon) Pulp Vol. 1 #2 FN 6.0 (R)

Trimmed

TRIMMED.

A pulp magazine with 32 pages of four color comic content!

Dec 1950. Cover by James Bama. "Out of This World Adventures" Vol. 1 No. 2 is a pulp magazine with 32 pages of four color comic content, including "The Corsairs from the Coalsack," written by John Michel with art by Joe Kubert, and Crom the Barbarian in "The Spider God of Akka," written by Gardner Fox, with art by John Giunta. This issue also includes over 100 pages of b&w illustrated pulp SF stories, including "Raiders of the Solar Frontier" by A. Bretram Chandler, plus six others. 6 3/4-in. x 9 3/4-in, partial b&w/color, 130 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Redskin (1950) 1 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4728829011

Redskin in "Stop the Cheyenne Drums" and "Pawnee Massacre." Also in this issue: "Indian Arrows" and "The White Warrior" (art by Walter Johnson). John Sink cover. Cover price $0.10.

Sam Hill Private Eye (1950) 3 CGC 5.5

Paper: White

Label #4728829023

Star Spangled Comics (Canadian 1949 Simcoe) 97 GD- 1.8

3" Spine split from bottom.

Canadian Edition. Reprints material from Star Spangled Comics (1941) #97. 36 pages, full color.

Startling Stories (1939-1955 Better Publications) Pulp Vol. 22 #2 VG/FN 5.0

Volume 22, Issue 2 - November, 1950. Cover by Earle K. Bergey. Stories by Jack Vance, Edmond Hamilton (Captain Future in "Pardon My Iron Nerves), L. Ron Hubbard (author's final pulp story), Rog Phillips, Robert Moore Williams, and Mack Reynolds. 6.75-in. x 9.75-in.; black and white; 160 pages. Cover price $0.25.

Twice Loved PB 1950 (Told in Pictures) 1950 FR/GD 1.5

2" Cumulative spine split. Lateral spine tear.

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Twice Loved Told in Pictures, is one of four Dell paperbacks published in 1950, each in paperback format. but illustrated like a comic book. Cover price $0.25.

Will Rogers Western (1950) 5 GD/VG 3.0

Water spotting. Staple rust.

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Western tales from Fox Feature Syndicate, some featuring well-known cowboy writer Will Rogers. Numbering continues from My Great Love (1949) #4. The adventures of young Will Rogers as he makes his name as a cowboy folk hero; Will seeks the murderous mystery man known as The Moon Bandit; Bandits steal a treasure map and try to disguise themselves as natives, but Flying Eagle is not fooled. True Life Adventures; Kit Carson Cures A Bully; Moon Bandit; Flying Eagle: Golden Treachery; Treachery On The Purple Trail. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.